From 6bacea6f87c70379d63b69f19da98355b50a209d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neil <49037171+neilr81@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:51:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Optimize package update workflow to skip commits if no
 changes

Adding more robust check if no changes are present for Package Updates.
---
 .github/workflows/package-update.yml | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/package-update.yml b/.github/workflows/package-update.yml
index 04069983..80885b29 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/package-update.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/package-update.yml
@@ -44,15 +44,16 @@ jobs:
           git config user.name  "github-actions[bot]"
           git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
 
-          git checkout -b $branch
-          git add -A
-
-          if (git diff --cached --quiet) {
+          $ChangedFilesCount = $(git status --porcelain | Measure-Object | Select-Object -expand Count)
+          if ($ChangedFilesCount -eq 0) {
             Write-Host "No changes detected; skipping commit and PR creation."
             "has-changes=false" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT -Append -Encoding utf8
             exit 0
           }
 
+          git checkout -b $branch
+          git add -A
+
           git commit -m "chore(automation): update NuGet packages and .NET SDK versions"
           if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
             Write-Error "git commit failed with exit code $LASTEXITCODE."